Kaohsiung City School Bullying Scandal: Parents’ Petition for Justice Sparks Investigation

2024-03-12 02:19:09

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Recently, it was shockingly reported that 22 parents of an elementary school in Kaohsiung City signed a petition to the Education Bureau accusing the class teacher of verbally abusing and physically bullying students for more than a year, causing students to suffer physical and mental trauma, fear of going to school, and even He was also punished for drinking water and going to the toilet in class. In the end, at least three people sought medical treatment. Parents asked the Education Bureau to give students justice and to fire teachers to prevent further students from being harmed. At present, the Kaohsiung City Education Bureau has formed a bullying investigation team to conduct an investigation. The school will provide psychological counseling to the students and temporarily suspend the employment of teachers for three months to accept the investigation. The results of the investigation will be released as soon as this month. Follow-up procedures will be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Teachers Law.

22 parents complained that after the class leader taught the class for more than a year, their children began to have symptoms such as anxiety and stress, and even had nightmares frequently. In order to protect their children and collect evidence, the parents actually recorded the teacher insulting the students during class, saying that they were indebted to the students and were indebted to them. They even used books to hit students in the eyes, causing them to fall and hit the table, causing injuries to the corners of their eyebrows and bleeding. In addition, the class teacher would also talk about some bloody and misleading content, such as breaking off a foot will not cause any problems for an hour, cutting off the hand will not kill you for a day, and tying up too much blood will be fine, etc.

What’s even more exaggerated is that when the class teacher was handling a student dispute, he actually asked one of the parties what he wanted. “Tell his mother? Apologize? Call the police? Or chop him to death with a utility knife? Choose what you want.” The students were very frightened. Some students were checking the dishes during lunch time and denied cutting in line. The teacher actually said, “I didn’t kill anyone! I really didn’t kill anyone! But I wanted to kill someone! Really?” This shocked the students.

What makes parents even more angry is that their children are even punished for drinking water and going to the toilet in class. As a result, the children do not dare to drink water in class. However, when they drink water after class, they are afraid of going to the toilet in class, so they do not drink water all day long, otherwise they will have Children wet their pants in class and are laughed at, or they have a stomachache in class and want to go up to a larger size, so they have to endure it until the end of class.

Some parents confessed that they had submitted a petition to the Education Bureau in late January, but so far there has been no response. They requested the Education Bureau to speed up the investigation, give parents justice, and strictly dismiss teachers to prevent further students from being victimized and to demonstrate the city government’s determination to fight bullying. .

In this regard, the Education Bureau stated that in cases where teachers were suspected of violating education regulations and corporally punishing students, the school received the reporting information and people’s complaints on January 19, and conducted a school security report within 24 hours, and on January 22, based on ” School Bullying Prevention Guidelines” convened a meeting of the School Bullying Prevention Response Group, decided to establish an investigation team, and held a campus incident handling meeting (school affairs meeting) in accordance with the “Regulations on Dismissal, Non-Renewal, Suspension or Layoff of Teachers in Schools below Senior Secondary Schools” , decided to form an investigation team to clarify the doubts.

The Education Bureau continued that the investigation process took into account the wishes of the interviewees and the collection of diversified information. The suspected perpetrators and parents, case teachers and relevant personnel were interviewed within the statutory investigation time, and evidence supporting materials were collected. Since January 28, a list of students has been provided by the reporter, and interviews with students or their parents have been completed based on interview willingness and interview time. Case teachers and relevant personnel have also been interviewed simultaneously to clarify the case, and the interviews were completed on March 1. The investigation committee is currently writing an investigation report, and teachers will handle the matter in accordance with the investigation results and teacher regulations.

The Education Bureau also reiterated that Kaohsiung City has zero tolerance for school bullying! Specifically assist the school to implement anti-bullying and ensure that children who are bullied can receive necessary help! This case was upgraded to a government-level bullying investigation. After receiving the complaint, the school was supervised to investigate and deal with it in accordance with relevant regulations, and regularly responded to the progress of the investigation. In addition, class-wide or individual counseling was provided based on the needs of relevant students.

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